When it comes to sewing scissors, always pick scissors that are sharp and right for the job. After years and years of sewing, I have learned that any project can be easier if I use the right scissors. That includes dressmaking, quilting, bag making, hand sewing, and embroidery.
Here are the 3 pairs of scissors that I can’t sew without – and a few more that I also recommend if you can afford it.
The best serger machines for your money are ones that will last you a long time and give you the quality of stitches that you are looking for. There are many different serger brands to choose from, but I have narrowed it down to my three favorite: Babylock, Juki, and Brother. All three of these companies offer great features like color coded threading, easy to use tension controls, fast seam finishing and rolled hems!
November is almost here and it’s time for another Perfectly Pieced box to arrive from M.E. Time Delivered! Did you see my live Facebook video where I embroidered one of the new adorable machine embroidered quilt blocks? Perfectly Pieced is…
Did you see my live Facebook video where I embroidered one of the October 2022 Perfectly Pieced quilt blocks? Perfectly Pieced is a new subscription box for machine embroiderers from M.E. Time Delivered. I had so much fun on Saturday…
I make 2-3* quilts per month, most of them over 60” x 60”, and I love piecing them together. Sitting at my sewing machine and sewing quilt pieces together is my happy place. My Accuquilt GO! fabric cutting machine takes…
What’s a mystery quilt retreat? Have you ever been to one? I stumbled into one last weekend and had a ball. Here are all the ins and outs, what you should bring, what you should ask, and what you should…
You won’t believe it, but I found mesh stabilizer for my machine embroidery projects at the thrift store! My sister Liz (who is an embroidery queen) told me about this secret machine embroidery hack and I didn’t believe it at…
Get ready for a new adventure in machine quilting! I’ve spent the last few days (and nights) making Perfectly Pieced quilt blocks using my embroidery machine. Scroll down to see what I made with my tiny quilt blocks. I even…
The Bernina Q24 longarm quilting machine that I ordered way back in October was finally delivered! If you remember, I attended Quilt Festival 2021 in Houston, Texas and took several longarm quilting classes with my friend Heather. I already had…
I sewed a second Aeroplane Bag from the pattern by Sara of Sew Sweetness! Sewing is a funny thing. We often use a pattern to sew something that we can only see in a picture. We won’t know exactly how…